Carbohydrate Worksheets

Carbohydrate
        Carbohydrate worksheets and biomolecule workshees designed for high school biology and middle school life science teachers. Students can practice the monomer polymer relationship of carbohyrates along with their functions. Carbohydrate lab allows students to perform assays on common kitchen foods. Metabolism modeling teaches students the structure of carbohydrates while also teaching students dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis. Click the Free Lesson Plan (PDF) link below or become a member to get access to the answer key and editable file. Free carbohydrate curriculum includes:
  • Carbohydrate Worksheet
    Carbohydrate Worksheet
    Published by NGSS Life Science. Free Lesson Plan (PDF)

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    High School Worksheet
    In this carbohydrate worksheet, students will learn about the different types of carbohydrates (monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide) and their designation as monomer, dimer, and polymer. The functions and chemical structures of the different carbohydrates are modeled, including dehydration synthesis.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
  • Carbohydrate Lab Experiment
    Carbohydrate Modeling Lab - Ball-and-Stick Metabolism
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    High School Lab
    Students will learn act out polymerization by performing carbohydrate dehydration synthesis and carbohydrate hydrolysis using chemistry models. Students will also model breaking of one biomolecule to make a different biomolecule. Students will be able to model how polymers are made and how polymers are broken. Students will also be able to describe how the atoms in one macromolecule can be use use to make a different macromolecule.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    MS-LS1-7 (Metabolism)
    Common Core Standard
    W 9-10.2.D, 9-10.7. RST 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.7
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
  • Carbohydrate Lab Experiment
    Macromolecule Lab - Organic Compound Mystery
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    High School Lab
    In this macromolecule lab, students learn about the three food-based biomolecules by testing for triglycerides, glucose, starch, and proteins. Students will use indicator solutions like test strips, paper bag stain test, iodine, and Biuret solution. Students experiment on the following mystery substances: vegetable oil, glucose, corn starch, powdered egg whites, and water.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    		  
    Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty
  • Carbohydrate Lab Experiment
    Carbohydrate Lab
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    High School Lab
    The goal of this carbohydrate lab is for students to test for the presence of carbohydrate monomers and carbohydrate polymers in food. Students experiment with different unknown substances (baby food, cereal, milk, etc) and test if they are composed of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
  • Carbohydrate Worksheet
    Biomolecule Worksheet
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    High School Worksheet
    Students answer introductory questions about the four main biomolecules. Topics include carbohydrates, mono - poly saccharides, lipids, saturated, proteins, amino acids, nucleic acids, polymers and monomers.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
  • Carbohydrate Lecture
    Biomolecules Lecture Notes
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    High School Lecture
    This PowerPoint is an introduction to making polymers from monomers (dehydration synthesis) and breaking of polymers into monomers (hydrolysis). The notes also focus on converting one macromolecule into different macromolecule.
    NGSS Standard
    HS-LS1-6
    		  
    Published by NGSS Life Science
Glucose Monomer


Carbohydrate Concepts

  • Carbohydrates - monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides.
  • Monosaccharides - glucose sugar, fructose.
  • Disaccharides - sucrose sugar, lactose, maltose.
  • Polysaccharides - starch, glycogen, cellulose.
  • Food Types - sugar, breads, cereal, fruits, milk, pasta, vegetables.
  • Fiber Types - apple, baked potato, barley, bran cereal, dried beans, pear.


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